"Velcro" meaning in English

See Velcro in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /ˈvɛlkɹoʊ/ [General-American], /ˈvɛlkɹəʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Velcro.wav
Etymology: Blend of French velours (“velvet”) + French crochet (“hook”) Etymology templates: {{blend|en|velours|crochet|lang1=fr|lang2=fr|t1=velvet|t2=hook}} Blend of French velours (“velvet”) + French crochet (“hook”) Head templates: {{head|en|proper noun}} Velcro
  1. A fastener consisting of two strips of fabric, one covered with minute fiber hooks and the other with tiny fiber loops, which stick strongly together but can be pulled apart. Categories (topical): Fasteners Synonyms: hook-and-loop fastener Derived forms: Velcro dog Translations (fastener): kleefstrook (Afrikaans), فِيلْكْرُو (fīlkrū) [masculine] (Arabic), Велкро (Velkro) [neuter] (Bulgarian), 魔術貼 (Chinese Cantonese), 魔术贴 (mo¹ seot⁶ tip³) (Chinese Cantonese), 魔術貼 (Chinese Mandarin), 魔术贴 (móshù tiē) (Chinese Mandarin), suchý zip [masculine] (Czech), velcro (Dutch), klittenband (Dutch), lapo (Esperanto), lapfermilo (Esperanto), krõps (Estonian), krõpsud [plural] (Estonian), tarranauha (Finnish), velcro [masculine] (French), Klettverschluss (english: two strips collectively, the mechanism) [masculine] (German), Klettband (english: each of the two strips) [neuter] (German), צַמְדָּן (tsamdán) (Hebrew), वेल्क्रो (velkro) (Hindi), tépőzár (Hungarian), franskur rennilás (Icelandic), velcro (Interlingua), velcro (Italian), ベルク (beruku) (Japanese), 面ファスナー (men-fasunā) (Japanese), ベルクロ (berukuro) (Japanese), 벨크로 (belkeuro) (Korean), papanga piripiri (Maori), borrelås [masculine] (Norwegian), rzep (Polish), velcro [masculine] (Portuguese), arici [masculine] (Romanian), scai [masculine] (Romanian), липу́чка (lipúčka) [feminine] (Russian), липу́чки (lipúčki) [feminine, plural, usually] (Russian), застёжка-липу́чка (zastjóžka-lipúčka) [feminine] (Russian), чичак трака (Serbo-Croatian), čičak traka (Serbo-Croatian), velcro (Spanish), kardborreband [neuter] (Swedish), cırt (Turkish), cırtcırt (Turkish)
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Verb

IPA: /ˈvɛlkɹoʊ/ [General-American], /ˈvɛlkɹəʊ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Velcro.wav Forms: Velcros [present, singular, third-person], Velcroing [participle, present], Velcroed [participle, past], Velcroed [past]
Etymology: Blend of French velours (“velvet”) + French crochet (“hook”) Etymology templates: {{blend|en|velours|crochet|lang1=fr|lang2=fr|t1=velvet|t2=hook}} Blend of French velours (“velvet”) + French crochet (“hook”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} Velcro (third-person singular simple present Velcros, present participle Velcroing, simple past and past participle Velcroed)
  1. To fasten with Velcro. Translations (to fasten with velcro): kiinnittää tarranauhalla (Finnish), velcroter (French), cırtcırtlamak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-Velcro-en-verb-2OZJgpt5 Categories (other): English blends Disambiguation of English blends: 53 47

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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